The DOBOT M1 Pro is a SCARA cobot created to achieve human-machine collaboration and equipped with important safety features.
Collaborative Robotics News
Veo Robotics names Gray Solutions certified integration partner
Veo Robotics’ FreeMove is an advanced safety system for industrial workcells with human-robot collaboration.
Robotics Summit early bird registration ends March 11
Taking place May 10-11 at the Boston Convention Center, the Robotics Summit & Expo will bring together the brightest minds in robotics to share their commercial robotics development experiences.
FANUC expands CRX series with 3 cobots
The latest CRX cobots are meant to complement FANUC’s existing line of CR and CRX cobots that now total 11 cobot model variations.
RightHand Robotics raises $66M for piece-picking system
The RightPick 3 piece-picking system combines an intelligent gripper, vision system, and control software with learning as a form of hand, eye, coordination providing accountability for picking success.
Automata raises $50M for life sciences automation
The financing will be used to further develop its lab automation platform Automata Labs for use in and outside of the UK.
How a box manufacturer tackled labor issues with robotics
Box manufacturer Alliora had wanted to add automation to its production lines for a while. Unfortunately, its first experience was difficult.
5 robotics trends to watch in 2022
Adoption by new industries, ease of use, and securing production top IFR’s list of robotics trends to watch in 2022.
Robotics Summit & Expo opens registration
Robotics Summit & Expo focuses on the design, development, manufacture and delivery of commercial-class robotics systems.
11 cobots assemble Fiat 500 electric car
On the Fiat 500 electric car production line, some of the assembly processes and quality controls required collaborative robots.
Yaskawa robots switch between cobot, industrial mode
Meeting safety standards (ISO 13849-1) and complying to ISO TS15066, each robot offers four modes of collaborative operation and can shift between collaborative speed in power force limiting mode or full speed in industrial mode.
Universal Robots makes record $311M in 2021
On the backs of Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots, Teradyne’s robotics group increased revenues 34% in 2021
Robotics integrator Eckhart acquired by private equity firm
Eckhart offers engineering, design, simulation and integration services, as well as proprietary tooling and other automation and robotics systems such as AGVs and cobots.
Tactile sensing creates advantages for cobots
Tactile sensing technologies allow collaborative robots to feel many classes of objects – hard, soft, rigid, flexible, etc.
Nominations open for RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards 2022
The RBR50 Awards honor the most creative and influential innovations from around the global robotics industry.
Robotics Summit & Expo call for speakers
The Robotics Summit & Expo focuses on the technical issues involved with the design, development, manufacturing and delivery of commercial-class robotics systems.
ATI releases standard tool changer for small robots
ATI’s QC-29 Robotic Tool Changer is designed for robots in the 25 – 35 kg payload class. It’s the first standard ATI Tool Changer designed with a rectangular body that mounts directly to 40mm and 50mm robot wrists.
READY Robotics partners with Futura Automation on Forge/OS
Futura Automation hopes to use READY Robotics’ Forge O/S system to allow its customers to interchange robots from different brands.
Robotics Summit & Expo returns to Boston in May 2022
Robotics Summit & Expo returns to Boston in May 2022 with deepened coverage, an expanded showfloor, and co-location with Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum.
ActiNav enables lights-out machine tending at family-owned manufacturer
To address labor shortages and long cycle times, New England Union Company deployed a UR10e cobot arm and ActiNav bin picking system to run untended all night long.
